The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1887-06-23

. H. @. Johnston and s. b. Abbott
: were voted ss members Of the board
OF trade Monday night.
? The Rock Island Is putting up two
telegraph wires, one of which viii
be q commercial wire This viii
, save repeating st Salina and FLOR
enee.-McFhers0n Republican
Can the city I,os afford an electric
light or two at the Park? A beauti-
: ful promenading place would thus
be furnished these warm evenings,
} and the park would bs perma-
nenIly supplied with light fer out
door evening meetings
Mr. Allen, the contractor Of the
Hotel National, is in town, to com
menee work on that building. Sew
eral carloads Of stone have been re-
eeived, besides 8 portion Of the win
dow frames. The stone Is being
hauled on 60 the grounds.
Members Of the Red Men who
have been looking up the matter.
feel confident of succeeding in the
project Of building a temple A site
has been partially agreed upon,
which is an eligible one and en-
brace one OF the best corners in the
city.
President Swahlen designs build
ing Immediately a residence on
south santa Fe, nearly opposite A.
B. McCOnnell's home. Mrs. Swah-
len is now visiting the doctor, and
is very pleasantly impressed with
Salina and the prospective location
of her new home.
G.. o. Taft returned from his visit
to. Cievelan1, Ohio, on last Friday
evening, where he had been to sell
some property he held there. He
will probably make Salina his future
home and go into the contracting
business.-BrookrWe Transcript
I
Seyenty-five miles more Of Miss
ouri Pacific road will be accepted
and operated Ia a few days, west
from McCracken to Scottsville. |
Scottsville is 81 miles west Of june
ton City. II Is understood Ia ct the |
Paola branch to Kansas City will al
so be operated IN few days.-Junc- |
ton city Union.
J. A. King, cashier ofthe Farmers
Bank, Nevada, Ia, was in the city |
Monday. He made a very pleas
ant visit with his old friends l.. 4. |
VIII and Chas. Tanner, who were
former residents Of Nevada Mr..
King il cashier OF the bank Of which |
Otis Briggs, the gentleman who iu-
vented ia Salina property some /
weeks ago is president.
The Hcroidrs last Saturday edi-
iion-riliculously called "ho"niilr |
cdilion''-contained fourteen ral-
umu- of plates. several dead a-i,or-
gi.emeuts. and others contracted |
FOR III the rate Of nifty cents cor /
one dollar per column. Any
printer would laugh at the biauk-t
street. On the other hand. the /
IotENAL for Saturday-withOut |
making any pretensions TO AN extra |
.5iiiom-routaincd more original |
n,attcr ami reprint than the H'r0id. |
There was not a dead advertisement |
iu Tie paper, and the advertising |
contained therein was twice the
vain, az the Herald's for the same
issue Now. these are facts, anl |
printers who understand the print
ia business. will verify them
Saturday night. al n or T. O'Clock,
a. Emil Amer and g. :. Conrad
were. passing the cellar for the Ma
tiunal hotel. corner santa Re avenue
aud Ash street. Mr. Amer WIS pre-
cipltatcd into tho cellar. striking
"a pom hi~ left shoulder and dislocat-
inr il. d was, however, gotten into
place by Dr. Houser. aud while be-
ing very uainful during the night lac
will soon recover. There was no
light az the excavation, and il is
stated in excuse therefor that three
lighted lanterns heretofore placed
there have been purloined. Travel
ers should not be caused 10 suffer
through the thievish propensities Of
others. and light shonld be kept
at such unprotected places, even
though the owners are compelled To
keep guards on them throughout the
night.
+. l.. Bishop Of this city was not
aware that ne was an officer Of this
government till appraised Of the fact
the other day. In lsIa Edible was
postal clerk on the Union Pacific,
being an active eniploye for about
six months, but when Hon. J. \.
Anderson succeeded Col. VIM. y
Phillips in Congress from this dis
trict he was displaced as hesuppOsed
from the service altogether, but In
reality put upon the substitute list
subject 90 being temporarily called
upon duty when a regular became
sick or otherwise incapacitated for
duty for the time being. Thefollow-
ing notice now furnishes the sequel:
RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE,
OFFICE or CHIEF CLERK,
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